Pad-holder.



PATENTED DBC. 29, 1903. J. PWERS. PAD HOLDER.

APPLIUATION FILED AUG. 21. 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented December 29, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES POWERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HENDERSON P. OHILDRESS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

PAD-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 748,006, dated December 29, 1903. Original application filed April 24, 1903, SerialNo. 154,187. Divided and this application filed August Z1, 1903. Serial To all whom/it may concern: f

Be it known that I, JAMEs POWERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of The object is to provide an extremely simple article of manufacture which will eiiiciently hold a pad inposition, yet permitting the removal and replacement of the same when desired. Y

A further object is to associate with the above structure means of a simple nature for holding the pencil, so that all the writing materials will be. conveniently at hand.

This pad-holder is employed in connection with novel means for supporting the same upon a desk-telephone instrument; but said means and combination are claimed in the application above mentioned. They therefore constitute no part of the present invention.

In the drawings accompanying this specication, Figure l is a perspective view of the improved holder,showingf the pad in place thereon. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional View through the same. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through said pad-holder. Fig. 4 is a detail rear view of the pencil-holder.

Similar reference-numerals indicate corresponding parts in all the figures of the drawings.

The pad-holder illustrated is in the form of a rack-plate 5, which is preferably formed of sheet metal and has at its upper end a springclip 6, that overhangs the front end of said plate. This clip is formed integral with the plate and projects from its upper edge, curving downwardly and inwardly, as shown, the lower end being spaced from the adjacent face of the plate. The lower end and side edges are provided with outstanding retaining-flanges 7 and 8, which are also struck up from the sheet metal of which the rack is (No model.)

formed. Upon the rear face of the rack and contiguous to its upper end is secured a transversely-disposed sleeve 9, through which is arranged to be passed the supporting-shank of the means for attaching the device to a telephone instrument. This means is fully illustratedand claimed in my copending application. A pencil-holder is also preferably employed in connection with the rack, said holder being formed of alternate oppositelycurved spring-clips l0, projecting from the outerside edge of the rack and formed of sheet metal, thus constituting a receiver which will clamp upon a pencil sufficiently to hold the same andyet permit the ready insertion and removal of said pencil. In the present instance these clips are shown as being formed upon a plate secured to the rear face of the rack, as illustrated in Fig. 4; but they may be constructed integral with the rack, if desired.

The pad to be held may be of ordinary style with detachable leaves, as illustrated in Fig. l. This pad is placed in position by having its upper end inserted beneath the spring-clip 6 and is thereby held upon the rack, the lower portion being located between the outstanding flanges. Thus the pad is securely'held in position, and yet the leaves may be readily detached therefrom.' A pencil placed in the pencil-holder is in convenient relation to the writer, so that all the necessary materials are at hand.

lt will be evident that this pad-holder can be very cheaply constructed and at the same time is entirely efficient for the purposes set forth.

From the foregoing it is thought thatthe construction, operation, and many advantages of the herein-described invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art without further description, and it will be understood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion, and minor details of construction may bel resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters A IOO v l. As an article of manufacture, a padhovlder comprising a sheet-metal rack-plate having an integral sheet-metal clip projecting from its upper edge .and curving downwardly and inwardly over the front face of the rack, said clip being yieldable to bind upon a pad placed thereunder upon the plate, and outstanding integral retaining-Hanges located at the bottom and side edges of the rack.

2. In a pad-holder, the combination With a pad-supporting rack, of yielding means for detachably holding a pad thereon, and a pen*-y cil-holder carried by the rack and compris- 

